In an article at FoxNews.com, author Suzanne Venker described how she was invited to address students at Massachusetts’ Williams College for their series called Uncomfortable Learning. You can probably guess what happened next:
College speaker series called "uncomfortable learning" cancelled b/c students TOO uncomfortable. Future is doomed. https://t.co/bCccijUXmC
— Ericka Andersen (@ErickaAndersen) October 21, 2015
Williams College drops speaker from "Uncomfortable Learning" series. Why? She makes students feel uncomfortable. https://t.co/YWoRoCkptr
— Christina H. Sommers (@CHSommers) October 20, 2015
Unfortunately it’s something we’ve come to expect from the super-tolerant “safe spaces” crowd.
@ErickaAndersen And parents go into tremendous debt to send their kids to this place? Smh
— Chris Cornwell (@jccornwell) October 21, 2015
This country is doomed https://t.co/so7Yv9DfVA
— Is This All There Is (@srndipity630) October 21, 2015
I think maybe the series needs a new name: maybe the "Bias Confirm" series https://t.co/DzTq38018I
— Barbara Kay (@BarbaraRKay) October 20, 2015
They should change the name to "unteachable herdlings". Not the class. I mean college. All of it. https://t.co/hDNhzLF4fk
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) October 21, 2015
***
Related:
Can’t say that! Janet Napolitano reportedly creating microaggression-free UC campus
Irony: Commencement speaker Michelle Obama urges Oberlin ‘safe spacers’ to leave their comfort zones
Student journalists disappointed in school’s commitment to ‘eradicating hateful speech’ on campus
